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Report of Meeting held in July 2013Members
were asked if they would be able to help at our “Teas in the boathouse”
event
on 14th July. This is our annual
fundraiser and all contributions are greatly appreciated.
The
report on AGM in London was made available for members to read and 100
club
subscriptions £10 were collected in. No-one
has yet responded to our request for a twin. We
had received two invitations. Embleton
WI 95th Birthday Tuesday 10th September 2pm
Hilary Robson
followed by tea and refreshments. Warkworth
WI Exhibition of Renaissance Costumes brought to life as a catwalk show
with
music and informative historical descriptions. 2
people are invited on October 1st
7.00pm for 7.30pm. Supper to follow. A driver was
needed for
the trip to Shilbottle WI Thursday 18th July 7.15 in their
Community
Hall. Heather volunteered to take Doris
Sybil and Nancy Members were
given advance warning of the Group
Meeting which is to be held in the Seahouses
Club on 17th
September [Tuesday] at 7.30pm Entrance
Fee £1.50 The
competitions will
be a) Jar of
chutney. Presentation counts. b)
Premature baby bonnet knitted to supplied pattern There will be a pooled Supper.
Members
were given the results of the Denman Survey. Apparently 5%
of members and 56% of secretaries
replied. The conclusions
come to are as follows. It is clear
that WI members value education and
courses and are willing to support local courses but the key reasons
for not
visiting Denman are the cost of courses and the cost of travel and
distance to
travel. Whilst there is
evidence of the positive support
and feelings about the Denman experience the reality for the majority
of
respondents is that they are not willing to support the college
financially and
are more likely to attend local courses. Increasing the availability
and
encouraging the uptakes of bursaries may be an opportunity to explore
but based
on the results of this and the WI secretaries survey the future of
Denman will
require some very creative solutions to overcome the current financial
challenges. The
business was followed by an interesting and informative talk given by
John
Clarke. He told us about his daughter
Alison who had gone to South Africa to set up a school for Aids
orphans, and
found true love. She now lives there
happily married to a Zulu minister. Meeting Reports |